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I might be going to SIGGRAPH this year. Are you going to be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH or presenting or what? I want to be able to find you there. :) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Variants of 4.5v train motors
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(...) The Type I motor (x564c01) supports both the old style power pickup brick with the plugs at the front (URL) as well as the new style power pickup brick with the plugs at the rear. (URL) The Type II motor (x581c01) supports only the new style (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) The actual motors (both 12V and 4.5V) were sold seperately as replacement packs, so users can screw open the case and replace the motor (either replacing a broken motor or replace a 4.5V motor with a 12V motor or vice versa). (URL) 12V (peeron (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Yes, including case is good. As Niels indicated, the 4 x 12 x 3 1/3 versions are openable with a screwdriver, allowing the actual motors to be replaced, so I think the term "Shortcut" is correct. The 4 x 12 x 4 version is glued, so I'll change (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm confused. Are these parts generally openable - are the actual motors removeable (by the average user)? If they are removeable, then the (shortcut) names should include "case", since they aren't actually the motor. If the motors are not (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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<SNIP> Thanks Niels for taking the time to research this. I have updated the part names based on this information - to remove the voltage designation and correct the dimensions. Regarding your comment "The parts look good, I only miss metal (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2nd Civ.Moc entry: Charon - Here's the correct link
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(...) You're right - thanks a lot! The foldernumber-part of the adress had mysteriously dissapeared... The following link should work when the pictures has made it past moderation (if they'll accept pictures of dead minifigs :-) ): (URL) I can't (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.scenes, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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How does that scan_order thing work? I've added three more paths in mlcad.ini, but the parts in these folders don't show up anywhere in MLCad. [SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW Parts 2 = HIDE Parts\s 3 = HIDE P 4 = HIDE P\48 5 = SHOW NewParts 6 = HIDE (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Niels There is an image of this baseplate on Brickshelf ((URL) and Steve Bliss and I agreed ((URL) that in this case it would be acceptable to author parts from these images (only the real part photos - not the instruction scans). If you can (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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When I was building set 347 in LDraw, I noticed that the dots on the baseplate did not correspond with the walls in the instructions. I changed the dots using the instructions. As I don't have this baseplate in real, I don't know how the dots are in (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Niels, I think the links you posted don't work.... can you post them again? Cheers, JP. (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.scenes, FTX)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) Yes. I'll see to it that the website indicates that more clearly. The full website will spell out specifics of the competition in detail, once the contest launches in August. Thanks for your interest. -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) Dumb question, but what is the competition about? Writing new Lego CAD software? Thanks, Gary (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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I've (finally) gone through the Parts Tracker pages, and updated the style to more closely resemble the page layout on the rest of ldraw.org. Please let me know if you find something I missed - or messed up! (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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I'd like to proudly introduce the (URL) L PRIZE>. The L PRIZE is a new and exciting open competition that will be officially launched at SIGGRAPH 2004 by an independent team led by Tim Courtney. The purpose of the L PRIZE is to reach both the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX) !
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(...) I have checked my collection of train motors (which has reached an amount of 9), including all three mentioned variants. (Please note that I have changed the order of the quoted lists from Chris' message) (...) Got this one in blue, with a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi We have a collection of 4.5V train motors on the LDraw Parts Tracker, and I'd like some help sorting out the variants of this part. On the PT right now we have x579c01 (by Michael Heidemann) - (URL) - this is the 4x12x4 version x581c01 (by (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: 32180 Tyre 56 x 30 R (Balloon Tyre for 6595 Wheel 49.6 x 28 VR)
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(...) That particular file isn't quite formatted right. The line 0 FILE 32180s.dat should probably be 0 FILE s/32180s.dat To view [DAT] links you need to register a viewing program for the mime types associated with DAT, LDR, and MPD files. I think (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hey. I'm kinda new to this whole parts thing, but I've been building with Lego for a long time. I was wondering if someone could walk me through the whole downloading process, seeing as the file I get is always called 'ldraw[1]' and I have no idea (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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(...) Alright, I give up then. I've accomplished my original goal of mirroring a model, and I'm just confusing and frustrating myself and wasting your and Don's time with stupid questions. I've put the newest executable & source code at: (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, I should have said "Don's pseudo-code". ;) (...) I don't know - I'm replying via the web interface, posting with plain text. (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Uh, I thought we were refering to it as "Steve's algorithm". Are you having 2nd thoughts? ;^) Enjoy, Don PS. Why am I constantly seeing really long lines in the browser for this thread. It makes things really hard to read when I have to scroll (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Oops, I missed replying to one point. (...) If you mean (-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1) as the 'default' matrix, my response is: that default matrix works for *any* reflection across any arbitrary plane. If you mean (-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1) as the reflection (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, yeah. But it's simpler to process it all -- the only exceptional processing you need is "look for the part in mirror.ini. If not found, use the default settings". With your method, you have to also add "if the matrix looks like MD, then (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) While you're checking, think about this. What if the MLCad generators were reconfigured as some sort of plugins, and the plugin specs were documented? Then everyone could use your generators. You know, weird people like me who are frightened (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | *** Specification 2.0 of MLCad Extensions ***
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Hi, this can be downloaded from the developer section on (URL) you will also find the new language templates for MLCad V3.10 Best regards, Michael (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Done, "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hzrprv.14sB@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) No sorry, MLCad does not support plugins yet, currently I have a very quick way introducing new generators and pseudo commands by (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Don, now it's getting interesting ... "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HzrwBF.9t2@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) I'm actually reading it in as | a b c | | d e f | | g h i | and that is also how I'm writing my (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Sure, but you still haven't convinced me there's any difference between a 2x2 brick and a 2x2 slope brick. I must be getting senile in my old age, because I just don't get it. Anyhow, use 55 if it makes you happy. We'll figure out what to do (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Looking for .dat for 1x2 tile with MONEY pattern
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Desperately in need of the mlcad dat file for this part: (URL) thought I'd ask the talented part makers here for some help. I would be eternally thankful! :) Thanks, Corey www.brickitgood.com (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) IMO there *is* value to knowing that the proper exception matrix is indeed an exception rather than coincidentally the same as the default matrix. If the 5 is not the place for this, there should be a new flag for it. It's especially important (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Why process something as an exception when the default behavior is needed? It's all in what one sees as extra, unneeded code. ;-) Though I just did some timing and I don't see any performance differences between ignoring them and not. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't think so. 5 is for keeping track of which parts we've looked at, not which ones to ignore when your run your mirror program. Eventually I think we'll remove all the ones marked with a 5 from the MIRROR.INI file. (And that includes the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Why? I have a slow PC, and running the mirwiz.exe program is nearly instantaneous. It's a lookup and 2 matrix multiplies per part. If the exception matrix lookup fails, use the default matrix. It would take extra, unneeded code to ignore (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Never mind. 5 would be the correct value for this, right? (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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What about a flag for default behavior? I've been coding to ignore ones with default rotations, but there are plenty of parts (especially slopes) that need a (-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1) rotation applied when reflected front-to-back and it would be nice to (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Total side note: I agree with Don, row/column ordering is not what I would have chosen. BUT, it is far easier (IMO) to hand-transform row/column LDraw commands than the equivalent column/row commands (like I've had to do in POV-Ray code). (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.3b2 (critical bug)
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Following my release of MBC 2.3b2 the other day, I've been notified of a critical crash bug in the editor, where inserting parts will cause the application to crash. I've now posted an update Mac Brick CAD 2.3b3 that fixes this. If you have (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yes, that looks right. The other thing that messes me up with LDRAW matrices is the row, column ordering. The ordering in LDRAW files is not what I would have chosen, so I always have to look it up. From the old FAQ: (URL) type 1's format is: (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) It's neither commutative [(a * b) * c != a * (b * c)] nor associative [a * b != b * a]. That shouldn't be the problem in the calculation above, since the current matrix was the identity matrix... (...) Looks like you're doing MF = MP * (MC * (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Probably. ;^) (...) Matrix multiplication is not commutative. (distributive? Err, I forget my math terms.) You're doing one or more of the multiplications in the wrong order? Try ME * (MC * MP) instead. Notice I switched the order inside the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model? [DAT]
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(...) Can you or Don check my work? I'm trying to figure out why the ME transform that I did works in my program and the ME that Don put in mirror.ini works in his code, but not vice-versa. The most likely explanation is that I'm doing something (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ignore the 9 suggestion, I see you're already way ahead of me on flag definition. Don (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Read the comments at the top of MIRROR.INI in the zip file. I already did a bunch of wings. Only tested one though... Is there something special about files starting with 1, or are you taking an alphabetical approach? Sadly, I created my (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) and another two: ; 6 = asymmetric ; 7 = asymmetric, but in a non-significant way Part 108 (a shock absorber spring) is getting a 7. Steve (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) In mirror.ini, you noted: ; NOTE: I started using the Flags to keep track of which parts I checked. ; 0 = not checked. ; 1 = substitute part ; 2 = mirror across XY plane instead of default of ZY plane ; 3 = mirror and rotate a bit. ; 4 = (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Developing MLCAD plugins?
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(...) I forwarded this question to here because I don't know the answer. Apparently there has been some discussion in the past about developing plugins for MLCAD: (URL) there a specification for plugin development? Thanks, Don (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) It would need to determine the plane of reflection, and do the second reflection on the X components for left-right or Z components for front-back. (...) I've come up with the same results in all cases so far. I'll do some thinking as to which (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Dibs on Wings and files starting with 1! How hard would it be to support normal, self-referential reflections for patterned parts? So we could map all 973*.dat parts to themselves, with a default mirror. Steve (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Would that work in general cases, or just for right-left reflection? (...) Actually, I think they're not - "Steve's algorithm" (ha!) requires that both the MP and ME transforms be mirroring, so that the MF transform would be non-mirroring. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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I should point out that priority and override are features of GLIDE and are not explicitly specified in the format. (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I have tried to accommodate these sorts of behaviours in two ways: Priority and override. If two parts have different behaviours like a "dot" and a "Brick" the one that is moved to form the connection is the one that takes priority. If you (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Yup, oh well. I guess the mirror specification could always translate it with no rotation, or add a comment to the LDraw file saying that this part needs to be checked for proper placement. (...) Thanks! I put a 2 x 2 red brick by a 1 x 6 x 5 (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Not just yet please... I’d like to get clicking working first before GLIDE gets announced to the world at large. Unfortunately experience tells me that my time estimates on programming are always a bit optimistic. I "think" I will be able to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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(...) We already got some of them. The 4360 Space laser gun with side sight is gonna to be a problem. You just *know* someone out there'll hook it up to something by the stud on the asymetric sight portion. And there'll be no end to the whining when (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Betatester for MLCad+LSynth tutorial wanted
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hi folks, I'm looking for some nerds as well as newbies to test my MLCad+LSynth tutorial at: (URL) keep in mind that usually I'm targeting users with no or little experience (well, during writing I realised that this one is quite a brainer and (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Primitive Generator program update
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(...) I have been doing a little bit of work on the calculator. It is really overdue for a major overhaul. I was trying to impliment some other additions that have not worked out very well so far. (...) have you tried Ctrl+ins=copy, Shift+Ins=Paste, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Primitive Generator program update
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(...) ok. (...) Might need to job parts reviewers memories to this detail. (maybe this post will) (...) I have uploaded the update to the webpage; (URL) me know if that is any better, and if I caused any other bugs. I did not spend much time (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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(...) Long-term, making connection data a part of the library would be awesome. Short-term, getting a working implementation should be the focus. Dan (Bennett) - would you like some publicity for GLIDE and click authors on LDraw.org? I can't spare (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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(...) Note also that a 1x4 brick can be attached to a 2x4 brick anywhere on about 70-80 degree angle if only attached by the end stud - its only the other studs hitting the sides that restrict it. ROSCO (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I guess I'm thinking about this differently. It's not that the individual studs on the brick don't allow other mating angles. (IE you can place a 1 x 6 technic plate with rounded ends on any single stud at some funcky angles) It's the combination of (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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(...) I really like the way the .dat format reuses geometry e.g. stud.dat. I think the clicking format should be able to do the same thing. I imagine that would be quite a bit more difficult to reuse if the clicking info was in the dat files. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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(...) I do indeed think it would be undesirable. As we all know Stud.dat gets used every ware. There are a fair few instances were the clicking behaviours of two bricks would be different even though they are both referencing the same stud.dat file (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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(...) Unreflect is a better word--just undo the X coordinate swap that -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 does. I believe they're equivalent things--I'm doing a clockwise rotation, then negating the X coordinate swap, you're doing the opposite rotation. I think (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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(...) I agree, but in the short term, I think seperate files may be simpler. (...) I thought so too, but the format document (way at the bottom) implies that this might be undesirable. I'm not sure I understand why, though : ( (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Err, I'm not sure what you mean by unmirror. I got (0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0) for a mirror.ini exception matrix, which looks yours except for the sign of that one number. (...) Me neither. (...) And generating the MIRROR.INI file. I did some (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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(...) Steve, Don--thanks for the explanations; this now makes complete sense to me (finally!). For a reflection about the plane containing the Z & Y axes (left-to-right), the reflection matrix (Mp) should be: -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Then Mp * (part-file (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDBoxer - Next Step and My Datsville Plans
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(...) (snip) (...) I *am* working on it, though slowly :-( The idea is that you can specify any number of part directories, e.g.: <MODELDIR> <LDRAWDIR>\P <LDRAWDIR>\Boxer <LDRAWDIR>\Boxer\B <LDRAWDIR>\Boxer\B\A <LDRAWDIR>\Boxer\BB <LDRAWDIR>\PARTS (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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(...) There's a difference between supporting POV inline (which is not controlled in the community) and supporting LCD info (which could be integrated into the DAT format). I'd like to see programs support both options - both as an external .lcd (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Complex scenes and .mpd to .ldr conversion
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(...) Hey! that was precisely what I whised for!! Apparantly my nose is big enough to block out what's right under it ;-) But actually I had a look at that function some days ago, and decided 'cleverly' that I didn't have any use for something that (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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The it would be slick to have the LCD info in the dat file, but it might complicate issues being dicussed by the Ldraw committee : ( It seems that pov style includes aren't allowd in official files either so maybe keeping it seperate for a while (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) inline in a valid DAT file? Perhaps make all the lines start with a "0 LCD" before anything else? Then, when reading a DAT file, a program can recognize and parse LCD info, in addition to looking for the .lcd file. Does that make sense? Do you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
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Hi Glide has been on hold now for about a month but its back in development. You can look forward to clicking bricks in about two to three weeks. Once I have the system implemented is there anyone out there who would be prepared to start writing (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model? [DAT]
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(...) Hmm, I don't know. I'm pretty sure there's documentation on language DLL creation, but I'm not so sure about the generators. Ask this on the .mlcad group. (...) XML works, but it's harder for humans (ie. me) to read. (...) Under Steve's scheme (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Niels, your wishes are welcome, just send them by e-mail. Regards, Michael "Niels Bugge" <buggelego2@+antiSPAMmail. dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HznpD2.o2v@lugnet.com... (...) get (...) right (...) close to (...) scroll (...) something (...) wait (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Is there any documentation about what functionality needs to be exposed to make an MLCAD plugin? I've been playing with this in a class-based architecture, that has an LMirrorExceptionList that contains an array of LMirrorExceptionPart. I've (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for getting this out for us, Andrew! Even though the URL above doesn't work I was able to grab it and am now happily using it! (It should read mbc.html at the end I believe...) Greetz, Anton (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Heh, I was thinking 2-dimensionally. It's easier for my tired old brain. All my sketches were happening on the XZ plane so mirroring across the Z axis made total sense to me. Oh well. (...) Ok, now I have to follow through and actually make a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, I misunderstood the terminology. I figured you could either mirror across a plane, or along a line. You can't mirror across a line - it's 1D. So I assumed when people were writing about mirroring 'across the Z axis', they meant to use (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Err, Shouldn't that be (-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1)? You have to negate the X coordinate to mirror across the Z axis. Don (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Or generate a parts.lst (and stash it somewhere) before adding parts, then diff it with the new parts.lst. I'm not sure how grep fits into your plan though... (...) My math intuition says it should be. There are only two choices for the sign (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Keep a full.mirror.ini, with all the default entries. A simple grep drop the extra lines, giving us mirror.ini. (...) Well, it depends entirely on whether or not applying two mirroring transformations always gives an un-mirrored result. If (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDBoxer - Next Step and My Datsville Plans
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(...) Well, I tried to pull you into the discussion at least twice, by mentioning your boxer subdirectories, but no luck. (URL) think some sort of consensus *was* reached and Lars was working on some reference code to handle it. But I have to admit, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Primitive Generator program update
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(...) Just for the record, this is set out in the BFC standard, (URL). In the section "Parts Library Guidelines", it is stated: (...) Interesting side note: this section also says: (...) Which means we should be slapping 0 BFC NOCERTIFY tags on all (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDBoxer - Next Step and My Datsville Plans
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(...) That's not a bad idea, but the advantage of messing up the PARTS\ folder is that no extra adjustment or setup will be required. (...) "121 Messages in This Thread" - It's very hard for anyone who did not participate in the discussion to find (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) First of all thanks for a really great program, I use it all the time and get much joy from it. But I was wondering: Are you only interested in bugs right now, or can I add (a lot of) new wishes as well? Anyway, here's a list of bugs I'd (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: Complex scenes and .mpd to .ldr conversion
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Even MLCad can do this - using "EXPORT" feature under menu "file". I guess there's also possibility how to batch-process it, but I am not sure. Try MLCad's help for more information. Robert (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDBoxer - Next Step and My Datsville Plans
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote: [Lot of snippage] (...) hi tore, with the release of MLCad 3.10 there are now at least two progs who support custom folders. instead of messing up my PARTS\ and P\ folder I wish I could define something like (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) hi paul, could you on the fly have also a look at your calculator? I would appriciate very much if you could add the Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+X shortkeys and fix the behavior of the fields when deleting all numbers, esp. with the backspace key. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with click hinge part(s)?
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(...) Yep Chris, taking into account the curves where the lugs join the brick, I'd say it's darn good now, thanks! ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) New versions of the 1x4 parts are on the PT now (URL) please, before I apply the same changes to the other parts. Chris (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New mini scene: Station36 - Part 1
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Station36 - Part 1: Under Construction Inspired by Keith Goldman (URL) MiC (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Problem with click hinge part(s)? [DAT]
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(...) We are both partially right - but there is a generic problem with these parts. The important dimension is the position of the axis of rotation of the click hinge, relative to the brick. For the geometry to work this must be the same distance (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Primitive Generator program update
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(...) Ok, I will look into that. Thanks, Paul (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I can do that. Now why didn't I know that CCW was the standard winding? Maybe the 2x4 didn't hit hard enough? ;) Paul (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 2.3b2
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Just a quick note, I've placed MBC 2.3b2 on my .mac site (URL) is only a minor fix update, * Improvements to the render engine * Bug fix for the display of .mpd files * The Imperial Star Destroyer will render about 2 seconds quicker on my system (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Complex scenes and .mpd to .ldr conversion
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(...) but I guess that that'll make the creation of scenes much more simple. Thanks NB (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Actually I was thinking of deleting them from the file to make it smaller. The only problem is remembering which ones were deleted and which ones are new at update time. I'm not sure how to automate additions either way. Probably have to use (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Complex scenes and .mpd to .ldr conversion
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(...) Here's some: mpd tools (2 URLs) mpd utility (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I am also going to have a big need for this type of utility, hopefully in the near future. Any information on where to find one, or about how to in-line all parts of an MPD to convert it to an LDR file would be very helpful. -Joel (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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